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June 30th, 2010
What are some good poems about coping with illness?
Or just poems about the experience of illness, since both sorts of poems are powerful for reminding us that we're not the only ones who go through so much.
To start things out, I'm not Christian, but this poem about reflecting on Christ's suffering has been one of my favorites for a long time:
A Sick Child's Meditation
Pain and weariness, aching eyes and head,
Pain and weariness all the day and night:
Yet the pillow's soft on my smooth soft bed,
And fresh air blows in, and mother shades the light.
Thou, O Lord, in pain hadst no pillow soft,
In Thy weary pain, in Thine agony:
But a cross of shame held Thee up aloft
Where Thy very mother could do nought for Thee.
I would gaze on Thee, on Thy patient face;
Make me like Thyself, patient, sweet, at peace;
Make my days all love, and my nights all praise,
Till all days and nights and silent sufferings cease.
Christina Rossetti
nice poem. try Bellvue Review which is a literary journal dedicated to illness and well-being.
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